MN: Rasmussen: McCain by 1 in Minnesota against Clinton

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And Obama leads by 4.

The most important question though as I said before: on what issues does McCain appeal to Minnesota?

Well, the most important question is really who is ahead and by how much once we have enough polls from credible pollsters to say something about those matters. There may be things we all miss where candidates appeal to voters. I had this feeling Minnesota could drift even further to the Democrats but it seems like it is growing more likely to end up at about the same place as in 2004.

The issues that matter most to Minnesotans are health care, the economy, and the war in Iraq.  John McCain offers nothing on any of those.

A majority of Minnesotans look at no new tax pledges as irresponsible.

Trust me, Minnesota will go Democratic.. it may not be a blow out (it never would be), but the numbers just don't add up for McCain no matter which way you slice it.

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I love people's reasoning around here. "Minnesota can't possibly go Republican because they agree with McCain on nothing!!!!!!!"


But when Kansas shows Obama within 9%, it's considered a tossup and a state he has a chance to win. I missed this when I was away this weekend.

I've never said Obama had a chance in Kansas.

Ok, well many of his fanboys were saying if the Kansas governor was on the ticket that Kansas was a possible state Obama could pick up because it was trending Democratic.

Quit hijacking threads to bitch about people you don't like.

As I've said before, McCain won't win Minnesota because of several things:

1)  Democrats outnumber Republicans by a significant margin in the state.

2)  Republicans in MN are apprehensive about McCain... hence his 3rd place ranking in 2000 and again in 2008.

3)  Democrats have a clear edge on the issues that concern Minnesotans:  Health care, education, and the war in Iraq.  Immigration, gay marriage, and abortion are far down on the list.

John McCain will be lucky to break 45%.  It's easy to make Minnesota "close", but it is almost impossible to swing it to the Republicans.  And Pawlenty certainly won't swing it:  He got 46% of the vote in his best polling and him leaving his post would mean Carol Molnau would be governor... ain't gonna happen.